It’s a reality show streamed on the Web that takes a group of amateurs and tries to mold them into a professional Counter-Strike team. Along the way Team XFX meets up with the some of the best players in the game, including LA compLexity and Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel.

The show itself is decent. In a way, it shows how e-sports hasn’t quite taken off just yet. Screen names like “Rambo,” “Warden” or “fRod” aren’t well-known. To the average viewer or player for that matter, the amateurs have as much name recognition as the pro gamers they want to become.

But though they may be as anonymous as the folks they’re playing, the difference in skill level is easily apparent. Team XFX got beat down in a rout against comLexity. But over the course of the series, they learn some skills and realities from players connected with the Championship Gaming Series.

What’s interesting is that Rubin doesn’t tackle hard-core strats or delve too deeply in the minutiae of the lingo. It looks at the culture of competitive gaming along the periphery. In a game-show style, they compete in immunity challenges like setting up a rig or taking a test focused on who knows whom.

These are events that examine some of the more accessible parts of the competitive gaming like teamwork and practical skills.

At the end of each episode, one person is voted to compete for his or her spot on the team against a local. If the person wins, the player stays on. If the person loses, the local takes the player’s place.

As with any reality show, there’s some manufactured drama. Teammates are angry with other over some decisions. At other moments, members of Team XFX act like hornball teenagers or slackers who live with their parents.

It’s definitely not the type of stuff that will get you on The Soup with Joel McHale. But then again, maybe it is.